Olof Persson has been President of AB Volvo and Chief Executive Officer of the Volvo Group since 2011. He was President of Volvo Construction Equipment (2008-2011) and President of Volvo Aero (2006-2008), having joined the company in 2006. Persson is also Board Chairman of the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce and a Member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Persson began his career at ABB and has held a number of executive positions at AdTranz and Bombardier. The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 110 000 people, has production facilities in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets.